ALLMedicine™ Delirium Center

Feb 27th, 2021 - Observational studies have examined the association between delirium and development of new dementia. However, no recent review has collectively assessed the available evidence quantitatively and qualitatively. We systematically reviewed and criti...

Feb 26th, 2021 - The aim of this study was to evaluate outcomes of pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) patients with delirium treated with haloperidol or quetiapine compared with propensity-matched, untreated patients. A single-center retrospective cohort study w...

Feb 25th, 2021 - Pain, agitation-sedation and delirium management are crucial elements in the care of critically ill patients. In the present study, we aimed to present the current practice of pain, agitation-sedation and delirium assessments in Chinese intensive ...

Feb 24th, 2021 - Delirium is a common, serious, and potentially preventable problem for older adults, associated with adverse outcomes. Coupled with its preventable nature, these adverse sequelae make delirium a significant public health concern; understanding its...

Feb 24th, 2021 - The Costs of Postoperative Delirium.|2021|Katlic MR,Robinson TN,|

Jan 8th, 2021 - Delirium and postoperative neurocognitive disorder are the commonest perioperative complications in patients more than 65 yr of age. However, data suggest that we often fail to screen patients for preoperative cognitive impairment, to warn patient...

May 5th, 2019 - Acute changes in mental status represent a broad collection of symptoms used to describe disorders in mentation and level of arousal, including the more narrowly defined diagnoses of delirium and psychosis. A wide range of precipitating factors ma...

Jan 21st, 2019 - The Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome (AWS), which may occur with or without delirium, is a frequent consequence of sudden alcohol cessation in patients with moderate to severe Alcohol Dependence Syndrome (ADS). Withdrawal as a result of habituation to ...

Sep 30th, 2018 - Delirium in adult cancer patients: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines.|2018|Bush SH,Lawlor PG,Ryan K,Centeno C,Lucchesi M,|diagnosis,epidemiology,therapy,standards,diagnosis,epidemiology,therapy,standards,

Sep 6th, 2018 - The chronic use of alcohol can lead to the onset of an alcohol use disorder (AUD). About 50% of subjects with an AUD may develop alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) when they reduce or discontinue their alcohol consumption and, in 3-5% of them, conv...

Feb 27th, 2021 - Observational studies have examined the association between delirium and development of new dementia. However, no recent review has collectively assessed the available evidence quantitatively and qualitatively. We systematically reviewed and criti...

Feb 26th, 2021 - The aim of this study was to evaluate outcomes of pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) patients with delirium treated with haloperidol or quetiapine compared with propensity-matched, untreated patients. A single-center retrospective cohort study w...

Feb 25th, 2021 - Pain, agitation-sedation and delirium management are crucial elements in the care of critically ill patients. In the present study, we aimed to present the current practice of pain, agitation-sedation and delirium assessments in Chinese intensive ...

Feb 24th, 2021 - Delirium is a common, serious, and potentially preventable problem for older adults, associated with adverse outcomes. Coupled with its preventable nature, these adverse sequelae make delirium a significant public health concern; understanding its...

Feb 24th, 2021 - The Costs of Postoperative Delirium.|2021|Katlic MR,Robinson TN,|

Feb 24th, 2021 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may occur in up to a third of patients who recover from severe COVID-19 infection, new research suggests. A s...

Feb 17th, 2021 - Rabies is a terrifying disease. Once the virus enters a human host — typically by way of a bite from an infected animal — it creeps along from nerve cell to nerve cell until it reaches the brain. It usually takes a month or more for symptoms to sh...

Feb 9th, 2021 - Neuropsychiatric symptoms may be an early indicator of severe cerebral small-vessel disease (cSVD), a common cause of vascular dementia and stroke that until now was considered clinically silent. Brain imaging results of a new review and meta-anal...

Feb 3rd, 2021 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A comparison of dexmedetomidine and propofol finds that the two drugs produce very similar outcomes when used for light sedation in adults receiving mechanical ventilation despite some previous research suggesting that ...

Dec 1st, 2020 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Cases of poisoning — intentional and unintentional — from ingestion of alcohol-based hand sanitizer have soared during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ...